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Defense rests in Casey Frederiksen trial

Casey Frederiksen is charged with sex abuse and murder in the death of 5-year-old Evelyn Miller.

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Updated: 12:26 PM CDT Mar 9, 2015

Defense rests in Casey Frederiksen trial

Casey Frederiksen is charged with sex abuse and murder in the death of 5-year-old Evelyn Miller.

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Updated: 12:26 PM CDT Mar 9, 2015

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WEBVTT THIS IS IOWA'S NEWS LEADER. THIS IS KCCI NUMBER EIGHT NEWS AT NOON. MARK: DEFENSE ATTORNEYS FOR CASEY FREDERIKSEN PRESENT HIS CASE IN THE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER TRIAL. THE DEFENSE RESTS EARLY THIS MORNING. WE HEARD FROM THE DEFENSES ONLY WITNESS. PROSECUTORS SAY 35-YEAR-OLD FREDRICKSON SEXUALLY ABUSED, STABBED, AND KILLED FIVE-YEAR-OLD EVELYN MILLER IN 2005. THE CASE WAS MOVED FROM FLOYD COUNTY TO HAMILTON COUNTY, WHERE WE FIND VANESSA -- VANESSA PENG LIVE IT THE DEFENSE IS LOOKING TO PEN THE MURDER ON A MAN NAME RANDY PATRY. HE SAYS HE SAW HIM GRABBED EVELYN AND HOLD A KNIFE. THE LAWYER FOCUSED HIS ATTENTION ON A BURN THERE'LL. WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW PATRY STANDING NEXT TO THE BURN BARREL THE DAY OF THE MURDER. THEY SAW TOXIC BLACK A SMOKE THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. CHRIS CALLOWAY SAYS PATRIOT -- PATRY WAS COOPERATIVE. WAS THE INVESTIGATION EVER ABLE TO CONFIRM ESTHER PATRY'S WHEREABOUTS AFTER HE DROPS HIM AT HIS HOUSE? NO. WAS HE ALWAYS COOPERATIVE WITH YOU, MEET WITH YOU WHEN YOU WANT TO MEET, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS? YES. BEFORE CALLING THE WITNESSES, THE DEFENSE ASKED FOR AN ACQUITTAL. THE JUDGE DENIED THE MOTION. OPENING ARGUMENTS -- CLOSING ARGUMENTS START TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00. MARK: YOU CAN FOLLOW VANESSA'S

Defense rests in Casey Frederiksen trial

Casey Frederiksen is charged with sex abuse and murder in the death of 5-year-old Evelyn Miller.